As Global Temperature Rises, So Do Food Prices
As concerns mount over extreme weather hitting global food systems this year, governments are no closer to forging a pact to fight climate change. The effects of extreme weather on crops are only beginning to be understood.
For decades scientists studied the effect of global warming on crops by simply raising temperatures and carbon dioxide levels in greenhouses. They did not take into account the effects of floods and droughts, or reduced yields that result from higher temperatures.
Dark Commentary by Gwynne Dyer on Failure of US to Act on Climate Change Legislation
On the most optimistic timetable, there might be US climate legislation in 2013, and a global climate deal in 2014, and we really start reducing emissions by 2015. By then, we would need to be cutting emissions by 5 or 6 percent a year, instead of growing them at 3 percent a year, if we still want to come in under +2 degrees C.
Future High Temperature Rise Could Cause Up to 6.7 Million Mexicans To Migrate
Note from Dorothy: Many have long been aware of what the heating of our planet will mean for Mexico as it gets hotter and dryer. The study below, however, shows the direct linkages between crop failure and degrees Celsius of warming.
The people of Mexico, who have done the least to cause dangerous climate change, will [...]
A Great Champion in the Battle to Save Our Planet Has Died
Video of the late Stephen H. Schneider, a Stanford University climate scientist speaking on “Is the Science Settled.” Professor Schneider “for decades built the case that global warming, while laden with complexity, justified an aggressive response,” died of a heart attack on July 19. He was 65.
Present Targets for CO2 Emission Cuts Will Not Prevent a 4C Global Temperature Rise
The world is heading for an average temperature rise of nearly 4C (7F), according to analysis of national pledges from around the globe. Such a rise would bring a high risk of major extinctions, threats to food supplies and the near-total collapse of the huge Greenland ice sheet.
John Holdren talks to Climate Science Watch About Presidential Climate Policy
John Holdren, “Unless and until the US gets serious nationally about climate change – and we’re not serious until we put a price on greenhouse gas emissions – until we do that we’re not going to have the international agreement, we’re not going to have the mitigation that we need, and we’re not going to have the support for adaptation… It will be a lot easier to get people serious for adaptation when they see that we’re also serious about mitigation.
Great News for Canadians Concerned for Global Warming
OTTAWA—Members of the Climate Action Network-Réseau Action Climat Canada are very pleased to celebrate historic progress in Canadian climate change policy today with the passing of the third reading vote on the Climate Change Accountability Act (Bill C-311).
“All three opposition parties must be congratulated for their support for the Climate Change Accountability Act,” said Dale Marshall of the David Suzuki Foundation. “This support reminds us that the majority of Members of Parliament, along with the majority of Canadians and provinces want stronger action on climate change. “
The Climate Change Accountability Act requires that the Canadian federal government implement regulations and policies to attain a long-term target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below the 1990 level by 2050.
World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
The Summit on Climate Change currently underway in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba is a ray of light and hope for those concerned with the environmental situation on the planet. It is also an alternative to the meeting that took place in Copenhagen, where rich countries conspired to come up with an agreement that exempts them of any responsibility regarding the climate world situation.
This meeting showed the world the true face of industrialized countries when it comes to issues related to the environment. In Cochabamba, civil society sectors are meeting to design a strategy to fight for the survival of mother Earth.
Who Can Deny the World is Warming?
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO MODERN DAY CLIMATE CHANGE
All the data you need to show that the world is warming
An article by ClimateProgress.org guest blogger Scott A. Mandia – a compendium of the latest evidence of dangerous climate change, complete with excellent graphics
Press Releases: Canadian Climate Change Accountabiliy Act Passes to Third Reading
After years of struggling to get the Climate Change Accountability Act through parliament, it is great to see that we are now moving towards a third reading of the Bill with the support of all of the opposition parties. The passing of this Bill, which includes mid and long term targets in line with what science tells us is necessary to avoid run-away climate change, represents one of the biggest steps forward in Canadian climate policy in years.
The tabling of today’s Liberal motion* is also a very positive step in the right direction towards ensuring Canada moves away from its reputation as a global climate change laggard.
